this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories... a promise for peace on the korean peninsula, as leaders of north and south korea conclude an historic summit. kim jong—un and president moon jae—in of south korea pledge to seek a peace treaty and rid the region of nuclear weapons. there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much that now we spent together. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met we realised we cannot departed. we are one nation. president trump is hosting germany's angela merkel in washington, at a press conference he had this to say on north korea. maximum pressure will continue until denuclearization occurs. i look forward to our meeting. it should be quite something. after talks with president trump, the german chancellor tells the media the current deal with iran is not sufficient to curb tehran‘s nuclear ambitions.

# you can dance, you canjive. and having the time of their lives. pop group abba record their first new music in over 35 years. hello and welcome. "good things are happening". that's been president trump's reaction to the summit between the leaders of north and south korea. mr trump said two or three sites were now under consideration for his own meeting with kim jong—un. after apparently warm discussions, the korean leaders have agreed to work for an end to nuclear weapons on the peninsula and a full peace treaty to formally end the 1950s korean war. laura bicker reports from south korea. this one outstretched hand could offer the korean

peninsula a fresh start. the north korean leader, often a figure of fear, smiled as he took the historic step south. then he decided to direct the action. together, the two leaders crossed back and forth... over a border that has separated them for 65 years. mr kim announced he felt a swell of emotion. an upbeat honour guard seemed to capture the mood as they headed for talks. "a new chapter of history is being written," he said. "i came here as if standing at the starting line, firing the starting signal." it was an emotional moment in this class, as nearly half of the children are from north korea. many left their families behind.

a peace treaty may be the only chance they have of seeing them again. we can't show their faces, to keep their loved ones safe. when was the last time you saw your mum? translation: i last saw herjanuary 21st, 2011. i hope from this meeting we can live in a world where there is no war and no more nuclear weapons. after lunch, mr kim was running a bit late, which meant a good work—out for his security detail. and then, in a day of extraordinary moments, came this. they simply went for a stroll in the most heavily fortified border in the world. and then sat for a chat while the world tried to lip—read in korean. they didn't keep us waiting long

for their declaration. translation: facing each other, i wholeheartedly feel once again that north and south are the same people, the same blood and we cannot be separated. translation: chairman kim and i reaffirm today that a korean peninsula without nuclear weapons is the shared goal for complete denuclearisation. so a longed—for peace treaty and denuclearisation. on the face of it, strong words of ambition and hope, but amidst the lofty language, there is very little detail. there was more political theatre as the two said farewell. and more signs of a burgeoning bromance.

this is indeed a very good start, but as they both go home, the way ahead is still not clear. us president donald trump welcomed today's events on the korean peninsula, but warned he would not make the mistakes of past administrations. this important step, this moment where we are right now, has taken a long time, many, many decades to get here. let's see what happens. we seek a future of peace, prosperity and harmony for the whole korean peninsula. not only a brighter future for the people of korea, but for the people of the world. however in pursuit of that goal we will not repeat the mistake of past administrations. maximum pressure will continue until denuclearization

occui’s. will continue until denuclearization occurs. i look forward to our meeting. it should be quite something. joining me now is dr balbina hwang. she is a visiting professor at georgetown university and a former senior adviser to us ambassador christopher hill during his negotiations with north korea. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what is your assessment of today's developments? we have heard plenty of rhetoric that very little detail. yes, but i think that was actually the point of today's summit. it certainly was quite an amazing scene. but i think that was the point. it was quite symbolic. it was meant to be, it was meant to send very, very important signal. notjust meant to send very, very important signal. not just to meant to send very, very important signal. notjust to the korean people but to the world. and that was the point. but we have to remember also and we have to understand this in the context. it was certainly historic. it was the first time that these particular leaders met. and it was important

for showing that it was stepping across this line, the back and forth across this line, the back and forth across this line, the back and forth across this line. but it was actually also might just across this line. but it was actually also mightjust really across this line. but it was actually also might just really the starting point. it was the sixth of five previous into occurring agreement. —— into korean agreements. it was not the first time this land which was used. and not the first time that these two countries had agreed to denuclearization. so this‘ll signed and agreed to already back in 1991 and agreed to already back in 1991 and 1992 solely fundamental novel of this language of denuclearisation was already agreed to before. the problem of course is that there is very different understandings about what accra one means. that is really the fundamental problem. we do know that. donald trump is all too aware that. donald trump is all too aware that his view of denuclearisation is very different to that of north korea. given that, these words were used and a commitment was made albeit one that has been made

before. do you think that there was a difference to what we have seen today than previous commitments and previous agreements was not yes, there is. i think that was exactly there is. i think that was exactly the point of today's meeting. i do think that what both korean leaders we re think that what both korean leaders were trying to do today was to show that the one thing that they agree on is that absolutely but cannot occui’ on is that absolutely but cannot occur his war on the korean peninsula. that is really what president moon was trying to show. that fundamentally, war and military conflict cannot occur. and that is the one thing that both korean leaders and all the korean people agree on. and that is what president moon is going on in the message that he is going to bring when it to president trump —— when he comes to washington to president trump. fundamentally i think resident trump does agree and most americans agree. the questions becomes what now is president trump going to do with that in terms of achieving

denuclearization in the next two or three years. this administration, and then if he has another four yea rs and then if he has another four years after that. briefly, the us defence heritage —— us defence secretary said in the past 20 minutes or so that as far as the future of us group government troops on korea financial goals there will be discussions with allies and north korea. well, of course it will but what happens in terms of negotiations now with regards to america and north korea? was going to be happening in between now and the actual meeting? i think this is why what the united states has to think about really goes just beyond what the next policy is and what these actual very, very detailed because she actions are an terms of freezing and toning down the rhetoric. they are not necessarily at odds. i do think what everybody wa nts at odds. i do think what everybody wants including america and really president trump, and what we can

live with, is if north korea and i think kim jong—un might live with, is if north korea and i think kimjong—un might be live with, is if north korea and i think kim jong—un might be serious about this, is if he does stop the testing and the provocations and does tone down the rhetoric then i think most of us can actually live with that. and does not proceed with actually enlarging and going all do not forward these rest of his nuclear programmes. good to get your analysis on today's historic meeting between north and south korea. thank you. the 70's pop super—group abba have reunited to record their first new music in 35 years. one of the new songs will feature in a tv special in december. the band described being back in the studio and recording together again as "an extremelyjoyful experience". and of course despite the group splitting in 1983, their music has maintained a huge presence. # you can dance, you canjive. # you can dance, you canjive. # having the time of your life. the group, known for hits such as dancing queen that you're hearing now and tracks like waterloo.

the new music is yet to be released but the decision was made after the four band members got together to produce an avatar tour in which virtualfigures of themselves will perform around the world. now, the new music doesn't come as a complete surprise. band member, bjorn ulvaeus dropped a hint there may be more abba material on the horizon. lets take a listen to him in a recent bbc interview with adam fleming in brussels. will you write new material for it? new abba songs? we don't know what the abba—tars will sing yet but there's lots to choose from of the old stuff and yeah, i'm not ready to say that yet. so there could be new songs? i'm... it's up in the air. stay tuned. yeah. well, here they are. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in stockholm,

maddie savage, and i started by asking her what the reaction has been in abba's home country. as you can imagine, a strong reaction from sweden. abba, one of their most famous musical exports of all time. sold more than 400 million records around the world. although they were both hands and a bbc interview, this is a group that has famously said for years that they are not going to reform, they are not going to get together and perform again on stage. we know they are not going to do that physically. but there is going to be a version of this with these hologram avatar soars. and now this new today that there's going to new music. we know there's going to new music. we know the names of one of the tracks it is called i still have faith in you and it seems that a lot of the band as well an international fan groups have been rushing to social media to talk about how excited they are to discuss the music and have a modern twist. to take us back to the 1970s. in sweden at that stage in the day,

several avarice after the stories broke and they were all covering their news bulletins with global interests, looking out at german papers and australian papers and australian and us tv. this band haven't released any new music for 35 years. and still are really close to peoples hearts. i think there are a lot of genuine fans. abby savidge there. who has him popping onto a abba song? stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... the waiting is over: the duke and duchess of cambridge announce the name of their third child. nothing it seems was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will need to renew calls for the government building better housing. internationally, there have already

been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia, they were forced to admit the accident. so the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12 year war for them. celebration. this is the end of a 12 year warfor them. they celebration. this is the end of a 12 year war for them. they have taken the capital which they have been fighting forfor so the capital which they have been fighting for for so long. it was 7am. the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority. when africa, after 300 yea rs, majority. when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. this is bbc world news today.

the latest headlines. the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has left south korea, bringing to an end an historic summit with his counterpart moon jae—in. the two men agreed to work together to end the state of war between their two countries. president trump said he was encouraged by the korean summit. but he made it clear that us will continue to put pressure on north korea until the pyongyang regime gives up its nuclear weapons. at the start of the programme we heard president trump's comments on the historic korean summit. he was speaking after talks with the german chancellor angela merkel, at the white house. other topics discussed by the two leaders include defence, trade and the iran nuclear deal. 0n the issue of iran, president trump would not be drawn into saying whether or not he would use military force, but he insisted iran would not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. the iranian regime fuels violence, bloodshed and chaos all across the middle east. we must ensure that this murderous regime does not even get close to a nuclear weapons, and

at that iran ends its proliferation of dangerous missiles and its support for terrorism no matter where you go in the middle east. wherever there is a problem, iran is right there. as we eradicate what little remains of isis and syria we must also ensure that iran does not profit from our success. asked about iran, ms merkel said the existing international accord on iran was a good first step, but in itself not enough to curb the islamic republic‘s ambitions. she said europe and the us must be in "lock step" on the issue. translation: it is most important to see that iran after all is trying to exert a geopolitical influence in syria and lebanon, and in iraq. and we have to see to it that his attempt at influence is curbed, is contained. and that beyond there, riaola bill as he asked rihanna bility can be established and i think the united states and the two

we re think the united states and the two were together very closely also to end the terrible bloodshed in syria and to bring about a solution for the region as a whole. joining me now live from washington is bbc north america correspondent barbara plett usher. welcome to you. did you get the sense that angela merkel did have some sympathy with donald trump's view on the iran nuclear deal? well, miss merkel and freckles all the other european leaders involved have been saying for a time that they do have concerns about iran's behaviour outside of his nuclear programme, its ballistic missile programme, its support for armed groups in the region. that sort of thing. also they admit that the nuclear court is imperfect but yes, it does have its limits on iran's nuclear activity which expire over time. these are all things that president trump says make the deal a really terrible and insane one. but their argument, the europeans, is that the accord is actually working. it is containing iran's nuclear activity and so why would you tear it up, it willjust

make things work. instead what we have seen this week is the approach from miss merkel and the french president emmanual macron, they have said this is only the first step or visit cornerstone or we can build this and we need to keep it. but we can have further agreements that a deal with these other things. i think what they're trying to do is buy time. so that president trump will not scrap the deal when his self—imposed deadline on mental thumbs up. all of these of the things that have been negotiations about between the europeans and americans, they have made some progress and they don't know if it is enough to satisfy mr trump. probably plenty more to do. if he pulls out of the agreement are embedded mma, you're starting from scratch and they really don't want to be there. they're proposing this kind of idea and using this kind of language to say there is something to work with here. and then they will have enough time perhaps if he stays in the deal to come up with something. thank you. let's get an update on the sport now with will parry. hi, will.

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. after violence earlier this week, liverpool have sent representatives to the italian capital for an extraordinary meeting with european football's governing body, uefa and italian police. it comes ahead of the second leg of a champions league semi—final between them at roma on wednesday. liverpool officials describe the meeting as "positive and productive" and say they'll now share what they discussed with those fans travelling to the italian capital. meanwhile managerjurgen klopp has spoken for the first time about the violence which left one of their supporters in a critical condition. when i first heard about it, ok, i cannot describe my emotions in english to be honest. it was horrific still. that should never have happened, to be honest with you, and never have happened before, it should never have happened in the future. and we all have to do everything to make sure that things like that will not happen any more. liverpool's mo salah will be looking to prove a thorn in the side of his old team once again in that

champions league semi final second leg. today the manchester united manager jose mourinho says he's responsible for salah and was quick to remind everyone that, while at chelsea, it was indeed him who brought the egyptian to this country. everybody knows that i brought salah. everybody knows that. i was at chelsea, and i am responsible for the players i bring into the clubs. and they come into the club and my period. so, yes, iwas the and they come into the club and my period. so, yes, i was the person that you can say brought salah to the country. absolutely fantastic season. more than deserved player of the year. and who knows, is something more important is waiting for him. barcelona will be bidding farewell to one

of their most decorated players after andres iniesta confirmed he'll leave the club at the end of the season. the 33—year—old is a barca legend having come through the ranks to make 669 appearances over 16 seasons. he's won 31 trophies in the process, plus three major tournaments with spain. he'll play at this summer's world cup, and is expected to then move to the chinese super league. we just can't say thank you because he helped me. the people believe. the managers and the players. but in a few cases. i think this is one of them, he helped me to understand the game better. just watching him, what he does and the football pitch. despite of, of tackles the won, it is the way he played, the way he was an example for the way he has to be an example for the way he has to be a professional on and off the pitch. and i think when he decided to retire, hopefully one more.

hopefully he can come back and football in barcelona. and he can teach to the young, young players or even the professional players, what he showed on the page. formula one, and red bull's daniel ricciardo edged ferrari's kimi raikkonen into second place in practice today at the azerbaijan grand prix. ricciardo, who won the last race in china, was just 0.069 seconds clear of raikkonen as championship leader sebastian vettel struggled. vettel was 11th, 1.3 secondss off the pace, and struggling for grip as he suffered lock—ups and off—track moments. mercedes‘ valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton were fourth and fifth, behind the second red bull of max verstappen. let's bring you up to date with the world snooker championship in sheffield, five times champion ronnie 0'sullivan has a big fight on his hands to get through to the third round. burgoyne to show you live pictures but they have just wrapped up for the evening at the crucible. 5—3 down against the 15th—ranked.

0'sullivan out there struggling. he has got a fact on his hands. he trails 9—7. first of 13 will head into the third round, so carter needs four more frames to cause a huge shock that the world snooker championship. you can follow that over the weekend on the website. thank you. the name of the latest addition to the royal family has been revealed, four days after he was shown off to the world's media. the duke and duchess of cambridge's third child is louis arthur charles, he'll be known as prince louis of cambridge. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's taken four days, twice the time it took to decide the names of george and charlie, but finally the damage baby has a new name, louis. it isa damage baby has a new name, louis. it is a departure from the anglo—saxon names the royals normally choose for something which is french and german in origin. so what is going on? is this a subtle message of solidarity with europe? 0r

message of solidarity with europe? or is it simply that william and catherine liked the name. the evidence suggests the latter. after william's birth in 1982 he was named by his parents, william arthur philip louis. it was a tribute by prince charles to his beloved great—uncle, lord louis. earl who had been murdered by the ira for yea rs before had been murdered by the ira for years before william's birth. five yea rs years before william's birth. five years ago william and catherine named theirfirst years ago william and catherine named their first one son george alexander louis. so the name has threaded its way through the generations. now with the arrival of the latest royal baby, the british royalfamily the latest royal baby, the british royal family has a prince whose name has family links and a cross channel connection. louis is ending with a strong european association in real terms. most particularly with friends. —— france. france had 18 kings called louis including louis

xiv who ran for 72 years. so what do people make up the name louis? we are friends, so we kind of like it. obviously. and as for the brits? i love the name louis. i'm so pleased it is not going to be arthur. so please. that the middleman, louis arthur charles. four days old and little is already creating his own. bbc news at kensington power. a reminder of our top story.... the international community has broadly welcomed the ground—breaking summit between the leaders of north and south korea, who've pledged to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. president trump said he hoped for a day when all koreans could live together on a denuclearised peninsula. north korea's main ally, china, said beijing stood ready to continue helping the two koreas resolve their differences. that is it for me for now. you can get in touch on twitter. bye for now. good evening, it has been a bit of a

mixed day out there today. we have had a lot of cloud around. somehow break of rain across much of england and wales. baby born sometime for parts of scotland and northern ireland but also some showers around, too. this picture was taken by one of our weather watchers in perth. into this evening and tonight, patchy rain easing towards the east. further north, clear skies with the far north of england scotla nd with the far north of england scotland and northern ireland, it is here we are likely to see a fairly chilly and frosty start to saturday morning. milder in the south with a lot of cloud around. what is the weekend looking like? fairly cool and cloudy overall. some sunshine for northern and western parts. potential for really heavy rain in the southeast later on sunday. we will look at that in a moment. saturday then, not a that would pay for the northwest. sunny spells and a few showers for scotland, northern ireland. england and had them at wales him a book of cloud with

summer breaks of salary brain. for southern england and wales dolby showers around. a bryn mawr brain is breaking through for northern england and northern ireland. a scattering of showers here and some more showers feeding into the northern and western parts of scotland. best of the brightest towards aberdeen sure. temperatures on saturday are still struggling for the time of year. particularly where you have got all that crowd just eight or 9 degrees will stop a little bit warmer where you would see some sunny spells. most of the showers and rain in the subsidies away for saturday night. it is going to bea away for saturday night. it is going to be a chilly start to sunday particularly across parts of scotla nd particularly across parts of scotland where we are likely to see a frosty start to be mormon. it will be as cold front is off because sunday and we have got quite a lot of training especially for central and eastern parts of england. towards the northwest of the uk. more of a chance of catching some sunshine and a few scattered showers. different is about 8—13d,

but more rain arrives in the southeast late on sunday. that is all part of this area of low pressure which is set to push up from france to seven and eastern parts of uk bringing notjust some heavy rain but also strong winds. for monday there's the potential of some localised flooding with heavy rain and a disruption is possible. do keep tuned. bye—bye. this is bbc world news, kimjong—un has left north korea, and the two men agreed to seek a former piece treaty between their countries. donald trump says he was encouraged by the korean summit but made it clear that the us would continue to put pressure on north korea until the pyongyang regime gives up its weapons. after meeting president trump at the white house, the german chancellor angela merkel says that they would be in close talks with

they would be in close talks with the us. swedish pop stars abba have reported new pop songs and they said it was a consequence of the recent decision to put together a virtual reality tour.